As a teenager, Paul McCartney wanted to join The Quarrymen Skiffle Group, John Lennon’s pre-Beatles band.
Long before they formed Beatles with Ringo Starr It is George Harrison, Paul McCartney It is John Lennon met in Liverpool as teenagers. Of course, the two began their friendship over the passion for music they both nurtured – and McCartney even played a song to impress Lennon.
Beatles was not the only band Lennon. The iconic artist was part of the The Quarrymen Skiffle Group. As Showbiz Cheat Sheet remembered, Quarrymen performed at a church garden party St Peter’s Churchin Woolton, Liverpool, on July 6, 1957.
John Lennon was the vocalist and guitarist of the group. On the show, I was Paul McCartney, who had just discovered and fallen in love with rock – and enjoyed seeing people his age with a rock band. During an interview with record collector, McCartney remembered how he became very interested in the musical talent of Lennonwho did a kind of cover of “come go with me.”
I just thought, ‘Well, he looks good, he’s singing well, and he seems like a great vocalist to me.’ Of course, he was without glasses, so he really looked mellow. I remember that John It was good. Really the only notable member, everything else kind of slipped away.
Then, Paul McCartney wanted to interact with John Lennon to showcase his musical talent. The musician had a mutual friend, Ivanwho knew Lennon – and managed to arrange a meeting between the two. In the book The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, McCartney recalled the audition for The Quarrymen Skiffle Group and the song that played in the test.
“I had just turned 15 at the time, and John was 16, and Ivan knew we were both obsessed with rock and roll, so he brought me over to introduce us. One thing led to another – typical teenage boy posturing and the like – and ended up showing off a bit by playing ‘Twenty Flight Rock,’ in Eddie Cochranon the guitar, he said.
I think I played too ‘Be-Bop-a-Lula,’ in Gene Vincentand some songs from Little Richard also.
Source: Rollingstone
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